MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	174% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 06:19
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 772 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,332 Write 634 Mixed 891 210% 953 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 50.4 217% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 526 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 180 185% 310 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 205GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120920264 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 21524922195 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3699 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87351 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 68719476763 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -34278133986379 (F1) Unknown 100 253 76079138466907 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5806135736410	76.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 127 Mixed 140 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.31 95% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 84GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82713444 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10780 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 57 292092079254 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4396 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 97 97 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131342 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 487981084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 18 82713444 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -122170344716028 (F1) Unknown 100 253 906354498 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3656160153	54.1% Above average	Read 114 Write 74.6 Mixed 82.4 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.32 93% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.9 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 4,937 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 (MS-7977) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,476x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	1,160x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	312x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	862x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	443x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	302x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	282x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	125x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	272x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	245x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	198x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16